грана

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡranə]

гра́на • (grána) m inan

1. genitive singular of гран (gran)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) (whence Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) (whence Danish gren).

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎːna/
• Hyphenation: гра‧на
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

гра́на f (Latin spelling grána)

1. branch

   сломљена грана ― a broken branch

   боље врабац у руци него голуб на грани ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

2. field, branch

   грана знаности/науке ― a branch of science

   туризам је стратешка господарска грана ― Tourism is a strategic branch of the economy.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:grana.

• “грана” in Hrvatski jezični portal